Trailer tires vs regular tires
I've heard that you can use regular tires on campers as long as you get one load range higher.Any input on this. Thanks
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Many smaller lightweight tandem and single axle trailers of all types come OEM with P tires and of course LT tires.
In fact before we had ST tires all the trailer industry (all types) gave us was passenger tires on our lighter weight trailers and truck tires on the heavier units.
The problem with P tires back then and with some now is their max 32 psi rating. This had lead to many tires popping the bead as its side scrubs around a corner. The tire simply rolled off the rim or just one side. The newer P series with the 44-51 psi fixed that issue.
This is a paste and copy from a thread on another RV website.
The '08 Carriage Domani 5th wheel with a 11500 GVWR with 6k axles came with P285/50-20" Goodyear Fortena tires and a special chrome mag wheel from American Racing (8 lug 20 X 10" rim) option.
Trailers come OEM with P/ST and LT tires.
In fact before we had ST tires all the trailer industry (all types) gave us was passenger tires on our lighter weight trailers and truck tires on the heavier units.
The problem with P tires back then and with some now is their max 32 psi rating. This had lead to many tires popping the bead as its side scrubs around a corner. The tire simply rolled off the rim or just one side. The newer P series with the 44-51 psi fixed that issue.
This is a paste and copy from a thread on another RV website.
The '08 Carriage Domani 5th wheel with a 11500 GVWR with 6k axles came with P285/50-20" Goodyear Fortena tires and a special chrome mag wheel from American Racing (8 lug 20 X 10" rim) option.
Trailers come OEM with P/ST and LT tires.
